Parke
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Oct 11, 2020
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jul 2013
· Points: 26
In the Creek until Thanksgiving and looking for a kind soul that lives in the area that would let my partner and I send packages to their place to collect periodically.
We tried sending to the copy center in Moab (the local FedEx and Amazon pickup point) and learned they charge $5/package. That quickly adds up when Amazon sends you each item in your order a separate package! Plus many retailers won't tell you which courrier they are going to use in advance, so often we guess wrong on which is the proper pickup center to use and headaches ensue.
Parke
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Oct 11, 2020
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jul 2013
· Points: 26
I love general delivery. If only I could ship everything USPS...
Parke
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Oct 14, 2020
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jul 2013
· Points: 26
For the sake of posterity, here is the beta I learned from a fellow climber yesterday: Apparently the Canyonlands Copy Center will set you up with a mailbox to receive mail and packages from any courier at a rate of $50 for three months (minimum). So if you plan to get >10 packages, that is the way to go!
An alternative solution I am currently trying that could work virtually anywhere: postscanmail.com will give you an address for $10/month* where you can receive stuff from any courier. Then you can have them periodically lump packages into a single larger package and have it shipped via USPS so that you can collect it via general delivery (or whatever courier you prefer). However, this means you pay shipping twice on everything. They say they use discounted rates... We'll see once I make the first shipment how discounted those really are.
* +$20 at set up to have a USPS form remotely notarized -- conceivably you could avoid this by getting it notarized in person for cheaper somewhere (maybe free at your bank), but that didn't seem worth the effort to me.